Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution Study and the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Disease in Taiwan Population

NCT ID: NCT02678546

Last Updated: 2016-08-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-12-31

Brief Summary

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Several questionnaires have been developed for clinical research in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consistency and relevance of two questionnaires, the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ) and the Body Constitutions Questionnaire (BCQ).

Detailed Description

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Aim: Several questionnaires have been developed for clinical research in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The objective of this study is to evaluate the consistency and relevance of two questionnaires, the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ) and the Body Constitutions Questionnaire (BCQ).

Method: Between December 2015 and December 2016, a sample of 150 participants aged above 20 years from the Chinese Medical University "elder college" curriculum and outpatients at the Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan, will be interviewed to complete both questionnaires based on subjective symptoms in a 3-d interval. There are three common patterns of body constitutions in CCMQ and BCQ: gentleness/plain, Ying-deficiency, and Yang-deficiency. As for other body constitutions, Qi-deficiency, phlegm-dampness, dampness-heat, blood-stasis, Qi-depression, and special diathesis are described only in CCMQ, while stasis is a feature only defined in BCQ. Average and standard deviation will be used to describe the measurement scores of the questionnaires and the percentages of constitution distribution. Statistical analysis of the Kappa value, Pearson Chi-Square, odds ratio, and Pearson's correlation coefficient would be employed to examine the consistency and association between the two questionnaires.

Expected result: The investigators hope to 1) describe the constitution profile of the study population; 2) assess the consistency between two questionnaires; and 3) examine the associations between CCMQ and demographic life style factors.

Conditions

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Autoimmune Rheumatologic Disease Kidney Disease Endocrine, Metabolic or Nutritional Diseases or Conditions

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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patients in outpatients departments

patients from outpatients departments in teaching hospital

Other

Intervention Type OTHER

case review of diagnosed disease

General

participants from center of continuing education in China Medical University

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Other

case review of diagnosed disease

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* people above 20 years old

Exclusion Criteria

* people who cannot understand the description of questionnaire
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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China Medical University, Taiwan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

China Medical University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hen-Hong Chang, M.D.,Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

China Medical University, China

Locations

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China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Hen-Hong Chang, M.D.,Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

+886-4-22053366 ext. 3501

Facility Contacts

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Hen-Hong Chang, M.D., Ph.D.

Role: primary

+886-4-22053366 ext. 3501

Other Identifiers

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CMUH104-REC3-097

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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